Curriculum for Hebrew Studies
TAU International Program
In addition to teaching language skills, the Hebrew studies curriculum for TAU International students is designed to focus on subjects related to Israel in general. These subjects include the physical attributes and cultural nuances of Israeli life, such as geography, environmental quality, history and current cultural events.
We believe that students who participate in this program come to Israel with the expectation of acquiring the language in its cultural, historical and contemporary context, as related dynamically, naturally and applicable to every day life in Israel.
In addition to training students in an academic setting, we also encourage experiential learning. The program includes trips to places of special interest, guided viewing of Israeli films and exposure to Hebrew literature – poetry and prose – and other Israeli arts – the plastic arts, theater, music and dance.
The curriculum is comprised of 11 levels. The beginners level is only taught as an intensive course. The other levels are offered as intensive and semester-long courses, as follows:
- Beginners levels
- Level 1 Intensive course or semester course of 8 hours weekly (Book 1)
- Level 2 Intensive course or semester course of 8 hours weekly (Book 2)
- Level 3 Intensive course or semester course of 8 hours weekly (Book 2)
- Intermediate levels:
- Level 4 Intensive course or semester course of 8 hours weekly (Book 3)
- Level 5 Intensive course or semester course of 8 hours weekly (Book 3)
- High levels:
- Level 6 Intensive course or semester course of 6 hours weekly (Book 4)
- Level 7 Intensive course or semester course of 6 hours weekly (Book 4)
- Advanced levels:
- Level 8 Intensive course or semester course of 6 hours weekly (Book 5)
- Level 9 Intensive course or semester course of 6 hours weekly (Book 5)
- Level 10-11 Intensive course or semester course of 6 hours weekly (Book 6)
Beginners Level
This course is designed for students who have no prior knowledge of Hebrew; it is offered as an intensive course only.
Course goals
- To familiarize students with basic letters, words, and structures of the Hebrew language.
- To teach the fundamentals of reading and writing in Hebrew.
- To develop the students’ ability to hold simple conversations in Hebrew so they can communicate with native Israelis daily.
Textbooks
- Ivrit me’alef ad tav, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv, Part 1, Units 1-13
Or
- Et le’ivrit, Matah Publishers, Tel Aviv, Part 1, Units 1-8
Vocabulary
The syllabus includes approximately 400 words covering different aspects of the students’ personal, social and cultural needs. Themes include: making an acquaintance, life at home, family dynamics, day-to-day life, shopping, trips and visits. How to make inquiries, such as requests for information, directions and explanations of specific issues are also included.
Syntax
Simple verbal and nominal sentences: pronouns, interrogatives, yesh and ein (there is/isn't), transitive verbs, use of the definite article, sentences containing indefinite verbs, inflection of the possessive shel, inflection of basic prepositions. Adverbs of place and time, agreement of nouns and adjectives (gender and single/plural), numbers.
Morphology Pa’al (shlemim) verb pattern: ayin-vav, lamed hey, lamed-aleph and pi’el verb pattern in present tense; infinitives and modal verbs.
Additional Educational Resources
Teaching aids such as recordings of texts and exercises have been prepared for classroom use.
Language laboratory - audio, video and computer programs for development of linguistic skills and practicing the material taught in class.
The beginners level course is a prerequisite to taking the level 1 course.
Level 1
This course is designed for students who have completed the beginners level and mastered the material in Ivrit me’alef ad tav, part 1, units 1-13 (or similar material), and who have a working vocabulary of approximately 400 words in Hebrew.
Textbooks
- Ivrit me’alef ad tav, Dyunon Press, all of part 1.
Or
- Et le’ivrit, Matah Publishers, Tel Aviv, all of part 1.
Auxiliary Textbook
- Mitahbir liktiva, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv.
Vocabulary
Words covering topics from the students’ lives, such as scenery and surroundings, the history of Tel Aviv, trips, parent-child relations, the Jewish experience and so forth.
Syntax
Impersonal clauses, clauses of time and purpose, direct and indirect speech, yesh li /ein li (I have/do not have), inflection of prepositions – li, lakh, et, oti, im, sheli, shelakh – and smikhut.
Morphology Pa’al verb pattern: ayin-vav, lamed-hey, pey-aleph, pey-yod, past and present tense.
Pi’el shlemim: past and present. Partial knowledge of future.
Pi’el, niphal, hitpa’el: past, present and infinitive.
Listening comprehension
Students will listen to simple passages recorded on audio cassettes.
Conversation
Part of each lesson will be devoted to free discussion, enabling the students to develop their ability to communicate in contemporary Hebrew in daily situations. Speech exercises will include expression of emotion, asking questions and giving instructions.
Language laboratory
Audio, video and computer programs for development of language skills and practicing the material taught at this level.
Graduates of this course will be qualified to take the level 2 course.
Level 2
This course is designed for students who have completed level 1 and mastered the material in Ivrit me’alef ad tav, part 1 in its entirety (or similar material), and who have a working vocabulary of approximately 800 words in Hebrew.
Textbooks
- Ivrit me’alef ad tav, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv, Part 2, Units 1-5.
Or
- Et le’ivrit, Matah Publishers, Tel Aviv, Part 2, Units 1-6.
Auxiliary textbooks
- Everyday Hebrew Dialogues, Ad Publishers, Tel Aviv.
- Mitahbir liktiva, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv.
Vocabulary
Words used in daily life, basic health terminology, seasons of the year, work and leisure, the arts, Israeli politics, kibbutz and the city, popular science, description of a person (characteristics, body parts etc.), holidays, and so forth.
Syntax
Prepositions – inflection in the plural form (elay, eleiha, alay, aleiha); personal and demonstrative pronouns as subject (ani moreh) or predicate (hamoreh zeh ani); construct of forms and compounds including the definite article, relative clauses (she + she) and object phrases.
Morphology
- Verb patterns (binyanim): hiphil, hitpa’el and niphal: past, present and future tense.
- Completion of the future form in all verb patterns learned in lower levels (pa’al shlemim, ayin-vav, lamed hey, lamed-aleph and pey-yod and pi’el shlemim).
Newspaper Sha’ar lamatchil - Headlines and simple items from pages 7, 8.
Listening comprehension
Listening to simple passages and dialogues from Everyday Hebrew Dialogues.
Language laboratory
Audio, video and computer programs for development of language skills and practicing the material taught at this level.
Graduates of this course will be qualified to take the level 3 course.
Level 3
This course is designed for students who have completed Level 2 and mastered the material in Ivrit me’alef ad tav, part 2, units 1-5, or similar material.
Textbooks
- Ivrit me’alef ad tav, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv, Part 2 to the end.
OR
- Et le’ivrit, MATAH Publishers, Tel Aviv, Part 2, to the end.
Auxiliary textbooks
- Everyday Hebrew Dialogues, Ad Publishers, Tel Aviv
- Mitahbir liktiva, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv
Vocabulary Topics such as modern man, adulthood and aging, women, health and illness, the arts and entertainment, the Israeli press, professionals, student jobs, completing forms and questionnaires, the history of Israel and development of the Hebrew language.
Syntax Simple and complex temporal clauses. Prepositions, negative forms (af pa’am, af ehad), copula (oged), relative pronouns (she... ha ..), regular and hypothetical conditions, comparison and contradiction, verb forms + pronoun, nominal sentences in past and future tense and sentences of conclusion.
Morphology Further knowledge and command of all forms of the past, present and future, and some forms of imperative in active conjugations, including the niphal. Use of gerunds derived from the different conjugations. Request verbs and their constrains. Classification of verbs by semantic function.
Newspaper Sha’ar lamathil - Selected excerpts.
Listening comprehension Recorded programs in simple Hebrew, such as excerpts from Shalom yerushalayim, the news and Everyday Hebrew Dialogues.
Language laboratory Audio, video and computer programs for development of language skills and practicing the material taught at this level.
Graduates of this course will be classified for the next course in Level 4.
Level 4
This course is designed for students who have completed Level 3 and mastered the material in Ivrit me’alef ad tav, part 2 in its entirety, or similar material.
Textbooks
- Ivrit me’alef ad tav, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv, Part 3, units 1-5.
Auxiliary textbooks
- Mitahbir liktiva, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv
- Practicing Grammar - Level 3, internal publication.
OR
- Netiyot hapo’al + targilim, Nira Keidar, Tel Aviv
Syntax Clauses of contrast and comparison, superlative expressions, conditional clauses (regular and hypothetical), cause and purpose sentences, prepositions, cardinal and ordinal numbers and derivation of adjectives from nouns. Differentiation between construct forms and noun+adjective forms.
Morphology Further knowledge of active verb patterns (shlemim). Passive: nifal, pu’al and huphal (mainly third person), past, present and future tense
Oral expression The course includes a series of oral assignments. Every student will be required to prepare short lectures (approximately 3-5 minutes) on pre-assigned subjects (8-10 subjects per course), such as: description of an object of personal importance, the story of a place, a personal recommendation, a complaint, culture or language shock, persuasion to do something, explanation of reasons for a phenomenon or an incident, description of a character, a work of art, and so forth.
Other options, at the instructor’s discretion, might be: humorous things that happened to me as a language learner, my Israel experience, and the like.
Some of the oral assignments may be substituted with reading simple literary texts or daily newspapers.
Rhetoric Answers to questions, summaries of newspaper articles and news items. A written assignment at least once a week: essays on topics such as an ecological problem, a personal story, a play or a film about the Holocaust, a personal trauma, etc.
Listening comprehension Recorded programs in simple Hebrew, or watching television programs such as Ivrit basiman tov or panel discussions at the appropriate level.
Language laboratory Audio, video and computer programs for development of language skills and practicing the material taught at this level.
Graduates of this course will be classified for the next course in Level 5.
Level 5
This course is designed for students who have completed Level 4 and mastered the material in Ivrit me’alef ad tav, part 3, units 1-5, or similar material.
Textbooks
- Ivrit me’alef ad tav, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv, Part 3, to the end.
Auxiliary textbooks
- Rav milon, Ad Publishers, Tel Aviv
- Exercises for Learning Verbs - Level 3, internal publication.
OR
- Netiyot hapo’al + targilim, Nira Keidar, Tel Aviv
Syntax Attributive sentences: analysis and construction of components
Distinction between compound or construct forms and noun+adjective forms
Temporal clauses (continued), relative clauses and relative pronouns (as direct and indirect objects);conditional clauses, use of conjunctions. Negation (af pa’am; shum; etc.); the copula: use and agreement.
Manner adverbials (adjective-based and abstract noun-based).
Noun declension (commonly used forms only: my father, his brother, his wife, etc.)
Required prepositions.
The definite article.
Morphology Passive verb patterns: past, present and future and their use in daily language and the media.
Pa’al ‘pey noon’ in future tense.
Nif’al - shlemim including gutturals and lamed-hey pattern.
Hif’il pey, pey-nun, pey-yod and ayin-vav patterns
Oral expression Discussions related to study material, based on news items, following daily news. Group work on Sha’ar lemathil newspaper or Yediot Aharonot headlines. The course also includes a series of required assignments to be performed orally. Every student will be required to prepare short lectures (approximately 3-5 minutes) on pre-assigned subjects (8-10 subjects per course), such as description of an object of personal importance, the story of a place, a personal recommendation, a complaint, culture or language shock, persuasion to do something, explanation of reasons for a phenomenon or an incident, description of a character, a special experience or something of a given color, description of a hobby, an object of art, and so forth.
Other options, at the instructor’s discretion, might be: humorous things that happened to me as a language learner, why I came to Israel, and the like.
Some of the oral assignments may be substituted with reading simple literary texts or daily newspapers.
Rhetoric A written assignment at least once a week: essays on topics such as an ecological problem, a personal story, a play or film about the Holocaust, a personal trauma, etc. In addition, answers to questions, summaries of newspaper articles and news items in class or as homework.
Listening comprehension Recorded programs in simple Hebrew, or watching television programs such as Ivrit basiman tov, Betty Ben Basat (1-2 episodes of the series), Hakayitz shel Aviya (on the Holocaust) or listening to a pre-planned panel discussion.
Language laboratory Audio, video and computer programs for development of language skills and practicing the material taught at this level.
Graduates of this course will be classified for the next course in Level 6.
Level 6
This course is designed for students who have completed Level 5 and the material in Ivrit me’alef ad tav, part 3, or similar material.
Textbooks
- Ivrit me’alef ad tav, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv, Part 4, units 1-5.
Enrichment textbook
- A Taste of Hebrew Literature, Mayrose, Tel Aviv (appropriate passages of poetry and prose)
Auxiliary textbooks
- Hapoal lerama dalet, Academon, Jerusalem.
Syntax Use of copula; direct and indirect speech; complex sentences – analysis and construction; attributive clauses; relative clauses; regular and hypothetical conditional sentences; use of conjunctions for addition, reservation, comparison and contradiction, reason and consequence Subordinate phrases; using asher, she ha; contrastive negation (not this but that); other negators: bilti, i, hoser, hasar, eini, einkha ...
Morphology Verbs: further knowledge of the different verb patterns. Work on groups of special verbs. Passive forms (nif’al, po’al, huf’al).
Hif’il verb pattern: derivation of verbs from adjectives and colors.
Hitpa’el verb pattern: kfulim (identical 2nd and 3rd consonant and ayin-vav.
Special verbs of certain semantic fields for wishing, referring, speaking, etc.
Nouns Abstract nouns; noun + adjective; derivation of gerunds; prepositions; noun + possessive pronouns
Study of syntactical and grammatical structures will progress parallel to study of the texts in the book. Students will learn how to deal with complex syntactical patterns found in the reading passages in the textbook and newspapers.
Rhetoric At this stage, time will be devoted in class and in assignments to improving written expression, both personal and academic: reports on articles and items from the press and from the textbooks. Preparation of abstracts and summaries.
Oral expression Conversation and discussions about the reading material and other topics that the students prepare in advance. There will also be functional discussions related to regular daily needs, such as apartment hunting, strolling, social situations at parties, on trips, leisure activities on the beach, etc.
Students will comment on literary work, films shown, etc.
Listening comprehension Recorded television programs selected by instructor.
Lectures by guest lecturers.
Guided viewing of films using worksheets before and after viewing (especially in semester 2, about the holidays celebrated at that time: Independence Day, Holocaust Memorial Day, Jerusalem Day), or, for instance: Malibu Women, The Entebbe Operation, Salah Shabbati.
Literature Poetry and prose appropriate for the subjects studied and discussed and the season and holidays.
Newspapers Reading news pages of daily paper. Discussion of day’s headlines (brought by students).
Note: Material may be selected from the suggested list according to the students’ special needs and preferences (focus on oral or written expression, reading literary excerpts or scriptures – such as Megillat Esther, Megillat Ruth – their conversion to contemporary Hebrew, the story of the sacrifice of Isaac and its appearance in other literature, etc.) instead of reading the daily news, for instance. The proportion between different materials will be flexible, depending on the students’ preferences and needs.
Language laboratory Audio, video and computer programs for development of language skills and practicing the material taught at this level.
Graduates of this course will be classified for the next course in Level 7.
Level 7
This course is designed for students who have completed Level 6 and mastered at least half of Ivrit me’alef ad tav, part 4, or similar material.
Textbooks
- Ivrit me’alef ad tav, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv, Part 4, to the end.
Enrichment texts
- Mita’ama shel sifrut, Mayrose, Tel Aviv (appropriate passages of poetry and prose)
Auxiliary textbooks
- Hapoal lerama dalet, Academon, Jerusalem.
OR
- Dikduk bekalei kalut, Mutchnik, Tel Aviv.
Syntax
- conjunctions
- contradictions
- words of purpose and concession
- descriptive and subjugate temporal words
- words of emphasis for negation and reduction
- subjugate clauses (she, ha)
- comparative clauses, existing and hypothetical positive and negative conditions
- content words (ha’uvda she...)
- analysis of complex sentences
- sentences of reason, result or detail
Morphology
- derivation of verbs from nouns and adjectives
- verbs in "beynoni" that act as nouns or as adjectives
- gerunds derived from the 5 active verb patterns
- passive and active: niphal, pu'al, huphal
- inflection of eini, einkha ..., inflection of "bilad-ey" (someone or something)
- abstract nouns with suffix ut
- verbs that require following future tense forms only
- double smikhut; smikhut + adjective
- cardinal numbers
- use of nouns + "b" prefix as adverbs
- negation of nouns and gerunds using lelo, i, bilti, belo, etc
- internal object: "I paint a painting," "I dream a dream," etc
Oral expression Time will be devoted to conversation and discussions about the reading material and other topics that the students prepare in advance. There will also be functional discussions related to regular daily needs, such as apartment hunting, strolling, markets and stores, social situations at parties, on trips, leisure activities on the beach, etc. Views will be voiced during the course on works of literature, films viewed, etc. There will also be use of higher-register connectives, such as: akhen, omnam, be’emet, lemashal, kegon, harei, ledugma, lema’ase, be’etzem, mistaber, kanireh, nidme.
Rhetoric A journal will be kept of reactions to films, plays, books as well as general and personal matters. Critical summaries and reports will include identification of structure and rhetorical elements, author's point of view, perspective and attitudes.
Pragmatics Speech acts such as compliments and expression of reservations.
Newspapers Reading news pages of daily paper. Gradual transition to articles that present a view on the inner pages in editorials. Weekly assignment on such an article.
Language laboratory Audio, video and computer programs for development of language skills and practicing the material taught at this level.
Graduates of this course will be classified for the next course in Level 8.
Level 8
This course is designed for students who have completed Level 7 and the book Ivrit me’alef ad tav, part 4, or similar material.
It is intended to promote the students’ command of Hebrew so that they can read popular scientific material, newspapers and literature in Hebrew, and express themselves orally and in writing at the level required of university students. The course is meant to enrich the students’ vocabulary in areas such as sociology, psychology, education, ecology, gender, life in the next millennium, etc., and to help prepare them for participation in regular courses at Tel Aviv University.
Textbooks
- Ivrit me’alef ad tav, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv, Part 5 (at least 5 units).
OR
- Kadima heh, Academon, Jerusalem
Enrichment texts
- Mita’ama shel sifrut, Mayrose, Tel Aviv
- Tza’ad rishon bamehkar, Segal, Tel Aviv
Auxiliary textbooks
- Targilei po’al lerama hey, Academon, Jerusalem.
OR
- Dikduk bekalei kalut, Mutchnik, Tel Aviv.
Syntax
- Complex sentences: analysis, breakdown and composition
- topical sentences
- sentences with connectives of reservation or emphasis, reason and consequence, contradiction and comparison, including patterns emphasizing contrast and similarity (such as lo x, ela . . .hen x vehen y ...)
- expressions of addition
- clauses of degree
- negating forms
Morphology
- verbs expressing development or process (hitpa’el)
- complex verbs (ahavtiha)
- adverbs
- conjugation of nouns
- smikhut + pronouns (bet-sifri)
- double smikhut and smikhut of adjectives and gerunds.
Oral expression Every student will be required to prepare a paper on a subject of his or her choice (with instructor’s approval). Discussions will be held in class on material studied, and students will report on assigned radio programs, news and other current affairs. In addition, they will participate in a special project, for which they will interview Hebrew-speaking Israelis and report to the class. They will also share personal experiences, such as an interesting encounter, special social activity, trips, tours, parties, a museum visit , etc.
Rhetoric Reflective and academic writing, organized around key sentences according to rhetoric models, such as of comparison, persuasion, etc. Reports on scientific research and questionnaires, abstract writing, critical review of independent reading (one of the “Gesher” booklets, such as Shlosha yamim veyeled /A. B. Yehoshua, Ma’ase bilti ragil / Aharon Megged).
Language laboratory Audio, video and computer programs for development of language skills and practicing the material taught at this level.
Enrichment Current affairs – reading daily newspaper and listening to radio and television news. Alternatively, use of the book Mi mefahed mikriyat iton, Dyunon; talks by guest lecturers; guided viewing of films, such as Bluz lehofesh hagadol, Mi’ever layam, Halakhti lehapes ahava, Hem hayu asara, Shtei etzba’ot mitzidon, using worksheets before and after viewing.
Graduates of this course will be classified for the next course in Level 9.
Level 9
This course is designed for students who have completed Level 8 and studied half of the book Ivrit me’alef ad tav, part 5, or equivalent material.
The program continues to prepare the students for reading scientific material, newspapers and literature in Hebrew, and to improve their oral and written expression competence at the level required of university students.
Students will enrich the vocabulary in areas such as sociology, architecture, archeology, man in modern society, use of communications technology (e.g., computers, Internet, phone tapping), language acquisition and more.
Textbooks
- Ivrit me’alef ad tav, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv, Part 5, to the end.
Enrichment texts
- Mita’ama shel sifrut, Mayrose, Tel Aviv
- Tza’ad rishon bamehkar, Segal, Tel Aviv
- Gesher booklets for independent reading
Auxiliary textbooks
- Dikduk bekalei kalut, Mutchnik, Tel Aviv.
OR
- Targilei po’al lerama hey, Academon, Jerusalem.
Syntax Items appropriate for advanced students, such as infinitive constructs(im zet hashabbat), infinitive + object suffixes (levakro, lir’oto), in subjunctive clauses (bikashti [otom] lashevet ), less commonly used copulative express (hino, hina, henam) non-finite forms, pronoun suffixes: (1) gerunds (hofa’ato); (2) third-person verb (hoviluni); (3) infinitives (lehavri’o); adverbials, such as (beorach mistori) ; stative verbs (gadel, katen).
Oral expression In addition to regular discussions of the subject material, there will be a special project: a class discussion led by a panel of 3-5 students, focusing on social problems in Israel related to issues such as immigration, Israel and the Diaspora, separation of religion and state, ethnic conflicts, women’s status. Students will participate as representatives of different points of view regarding the social issue discussed.
Rhetoric Written assignments are an integral part of study at this level. The students will be required to prepare papers on the basis of the study material. They will be encouraged to read the material critically, as a goal in itself and as a means to acquaint them with the principles of academic writing.
Different models for research reports, abstracts, recommendations, etc. will be presented (see introduction to Ivrit me’alef ad tav, part 5).
Writing on independent reading of Gesher booklets (Har ha’etza hara’a/ A. Oz, Hamisha sipurim /A. Appelfeld, including analysis of the text and critique. Additional subjects for papers:
- The arts – painting and sculpture, local or international art, according to student’s choice.
- Folklore – “translation” to a modern context (as demonstrated in Fables of Our Time), intertwined with analysis of their psychological, symbolic meaning.
Listening comprehension Television news programs and/or talk shows, according to instructor’s discretion.
Language laboratory Audio, video and computer programs for development of language skills and practicing the material taught at this level.
Graduates of this course will be classified for the next course in Level 10-11.
Level 10-11
This course is designed for students who have completed Level 9 and the book Ivrit me’alef ad tav, part 5, or equivalent material. It is intended to improve the students’ language skills, develop their reading comprehension and ability to express themselves in writing, as well as enrich their vocabulary on academic subjects.
The course is also suitable for native-born Israelis who emigrated with their parents to other countries and spoke Hebrew at home, but attended formal schooling in English and students of the special MA program in Middle Eastern Studies.
Textbooks
- Ivrit me’alef ad tav, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv, Part 6 – Hashe’ela hamekhuvenet
- Workbook for Ivrit me’alef ad tav, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv
OR
- Et nove’a, S. Brosh, Dyunon Press, Tel Aviv
Enrichment texts
- Mita’ama shel sifrut, Mayrose, Tel Aviv
- Additional selected passages from Hebrew prose and poetry
- Selected chapters from the Bible
- Daily newspapers, selected articles
Reading comprehension and rhetoric The students will prepare papers on assigned reading material, dealing directly, concisely, clearly and accurately with issues of comprehension and analysis. For this purpose, they will be assigned passages that we believe are intellectually stimulating, with questions aimed at developing in-depth understanding, and write short articles about various phenomena (causes and factors, attitudes toward the phenomenon, results, etc.). Questions that stimulate debate on ideas and approaches and require the student to take a stand and justify it will also be presented (see introduction to Ivrit me’alef ad tav, part 6).
Special attention will be given to different registers in the language and forms of style suitable for types of writing, such as the distinction between theoretical, critical and expository writing and descriptive or artistic styles. Towards the end of the course, each student will prepare a paper on his or her choice of academic subject, literature or poetry.
The students will keep journals on their independent reading, which they will select from a list of books and anthologies suggested by the instructor, such as: L. Ini, Ad shehamishmar kulo ya’avor; Hakol ha’aher (women’s literature, edited by Dr. Lili Ratok) or 50 shnot siporet (edited by Z. Stavi).
To increase the students’ interest to and interest in Hebrew prose and poetry, they will be asked to translate literature from their original language to Hebrew and vice versa.
In general, substantial time will be devoted to the improvement of literacy in Hebrew by preparing a portfolio of written assignments and regular correspondence of the students with the instructor.
Oral expression Oral expression will be taught as issues develop in the course of studying the assigned material.
Time will be devoted to discussion of political and social problems in the Middle East that interest the students: Israeli-Palestinian relations, the Arab regimes, reciprocal relations between Israel and the Arab countries.
Syntax In this course, time will be devoted to correction of problems of style and language mistakes, through practice of those aspects that seem problematic in oral and written language performance. The approach to syntax will also be functional: syntactical structures will be taught as a tool for developing reading, writing and comprehension skills.
Listening comprehension Television news programs and/or talk shows, according to instructor’s discretion.
Language laboratory Audio, video and computer programs for development of language skills and practicing the material taught at this level.
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